The 'Teslatoover' protests are small, but numerous

Today he marked a second weekend of scattered protests in Tesla Showrooms, after a hashtag “Teslatoakeover” that has been in trend on twitter Alternative Bluesky this week. The messages of the protesters focused largely on the divisive efforts of the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, as head of the Government's efficiency department since the beginning of the presidency of Donald Trump.

The protests do not seem especially large, but they are numerous, from places like New York to less known places as Minneapolis, the Minnesota Golden Valley suburb. A section of the Action Network site to organize protests shows planned demonstrations for cities in Ohio, Florida, Washington, New Mexico and Alberta, Canada.

Tesla investors They have expressed concern that Musk's activities are negatively affecting the company, which saw that the price of its shares collapsed at 21 percent from Trump's inauguration <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/14/telsa-employees-investors-musk-trump/”>According to a alphabet history this week. Within the company, employees and superior staff said in a recent meeting that “the company would be better if Musk resigned,” <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/14/telsa-employees-investors-musk-trump/”>The Washington Post reported.

One of today's greatest manifestations was outside the Manhattan exhibition hall of Tesla, where a previous protest took place on February 9. In the videos below, you can listen to people singing: “Do not understand Swasticars” and “Elon Musk can go to Mars; we do not need their Nazis cars”, maybe refer to Musk's support for the extreme right groups Like the AFD party of Germany or his suspicious greeting on the day of the inauguration.

Other publications showed how protests were seen today in Berkeley, California:

San Francisco, California:

And Kansas City, Missouri:

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Or Baltimore, Maryland, where a single person had a sign outside a Tesla exhibition room:

The progressive actor, director and activist Alex Winter, who strongly promoted the protests of this weekend in recent days, published an image of himself holding a sign urging people to sell their teslas in a protest in Pasadena, California:

Protection greenhouse publications in Tesla exhibition halls in the cities of California Wood cutting, San Joséand Los Angelesalong with other people who had published about demonstrations in Rockville, Maryland; TUCSCON, Arizona; and Golden Valley, Minnesota.

There are many publications in Bluesky with the hashtag #tesLatakeover, but they show much less when looking for x, instagram or threads. Outside the picket, others protested musk in different ways. The musician Sheryl Crow published a video of a Tesla that was driven in a platform truck, along with a message that says: “There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align. Tesla so much time,” and said that He had donated the money to NPR, who is currently threatened by an FCC investigation into public media.

More protests are expected, even during the president's holiday on Monday, with A set for Lowell, Maine And at least another in Richmond, Virginia. These are added to numerous planned demonstrations this weekend that do not go to the Tesla exhibition rooms, but still relate to the actions of Musk, Doge and President Trump more widely.